Loud and clear – Labor lays out the path to sector rebuild

Michelle Rowland, shadow minister for communications, has a plan to blow up the logjam of media and funding policy which has driven the sector spare for the last six years.
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The ALP put out a press release timed for the opening of Michelle Rowland’s address arranged by the partners in the Make It Australian Campaign. It made sad reading. 

It promised another review, called a Taskforce, to formulate a future based on the evidence. Surely six years of reviews which have been botched, ignored and sometimes completely hidden should provide enough for a new government to make a decision? For evidence there are hundreds of submissions and personal testimony.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.